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self-inflicted en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English inflicted English self-inflicted From self- + inflicted.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Inflicted by oneself.
    • One huge self-inflicted wound the industry is now suffering from is the lack of coupling compatibility. Up to the 1980s virtually everything had compatible drawgear on a given route, so there was every chance of pushing a failed train out of the way. Since privatisation, compatibility has been lost and in the last few years operators seem to have gone out of their way to avoid compatibility. 2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 43:
    • When the salarians discovered them, the krogan were a brutal, primitive species struggling to survive a self-inflicted nuclear winter. The salarians culturally uplifted them, teaching them to use and build modern technology so they could serve as soldiers in the Rachni War. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Krogan Codex entry:
    • A man shot dead 12 people in a rampage in a small town in Montenegro before dying from self-inflicted injuries early on Thursday, authorities said, in one of the tiny Balkan nation’s worst mass killings. 2025 January 1, Reuters, “Suspect in Montenegro shooting dies from self-inflicted injuries after killing at least 12 people”, in CNN:
    • An expert in the self-inflicted wound, his attacks frequently miss their target in favour of reminding you of his own failings.
    • Police said they found the driver deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot injuries.

Relateds

own goal

Translations (17)

no selvpåført (Inflicted by oneself) · nb selvpåført (Inflicted by oneself) · bg самопричинен (Inflicted by oneself) · sh самоповређи́ва̄ње (Inflicted by oneself) · cmn 施於自身的 /施于自身的 (Inflicted by oneself) · cmn 自我施加的 (Inflicted by oneself) · fi itse aiheutettu (Inflicted by oneself) · cmn 自討的 /自讨的 (Inflicted by oneself) · cmn 自作自受的 (Inflicted by oneself) · cmn 自己造成的 (Inflicted by oneself) · ka თვითმიყენებული (Inflicted by oneself) · hu saját magának okozott (Inflicted by oneself) · de selbstgemacht (Inflicted by oneself) · hu önkéntes (Inflicted by oneself) · cmn 自己釀成的 /自己酿成的 (Inflicted by oneself) · cmn 自招的 (Inflicted by oneself) · sh samopovređívānje (Inflicted by oneself)